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Recommendation 1944 (2010) Final version
The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
1. Referring to its Resolution 1770 (2010) on
the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, as well
as to Resolution 1769
(2010) and Recommendation
1943 (2010) on strengthening measures to protect and
revive highly endangered languages, the Parliamentary Assembly recommends
that the Committee of Ministers:
1.1. enhance
efforts aimed at the speedy ratification of the European Charter
for Regional or Minority Languages (the charter, ETS No. 148) by
the member states that have not yet done so;
1.2. pursue co-operation with other international organisations,
in particular the European Union and the Organization for Security
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), with a view to promoting the ratification
of the charter, its proper implementation and the consolidation
of common standards on the protection of regional or minority languages.
2. Moreover, recalling the need to ensure the proper implementation
of the charter, the Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers:
2.1. take the necessary measures
to ensure that information of relevance to the implementation of
the charter is submitted by states parties in good time;
2.2. take the necessary measures to facilitate as far as possible
the monitoring work of the Committee of Experts of the charter,
in particular by reinforcing as a matter of priority the relatively
modest resources of its secretariat;
2.3. ensure availability of relevant information on the charter
and good practices in its implementation in both official and regional
or minority languages;
2.4. disseminate relevant information on the implementation
of the charter, such as the periodical state reports and the evaluation
reports of the Committee of Experts of the charter, as broadly as possible
and in a timely fashion;
2.5. consider setting up a panel of experts in language promotion
that could help authorities and users of regional or minority languages
to find workable solutions; this service could also be made available
to states that have not yet ratified the charter;
2.6. ensure the harmonious application of the standards provided
by the charter and the Framework Convention for the Protection of
National Minorities (ETS No. 157), in particular by fostering collaboration between
the latter’s Advisory Committee and the Committee of Experts of
the charter.